fold one's tent



fold one's tent

Quietly depart, as in It's late, so let's fold our tents. This term is a partial quotation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Day is Done" (1844): "And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And quietly steal away."
See also: fold, tent

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anu (2)-Near Eastern Mythology
Ziyad-Arabic
Colin['kɔlin]
Britta-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
DalyDAY-leeIrish, English (Rare)
Grethe-Danish, Norwegian